Boiled Ham
Ingredients
Directions
Place the ham in a pot of cold water.
Simmer slowly for 8 hours.
Leave the ham in the water until it cools.
Peel off the skin.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Ham
- Is the main cut being cooked, so its slow simmering turns tough connective tissue tender.
The step that matters
Simmer slowly. A gentle simmer cooks the ham evenly and keeps the meat moist and tender. A rolling boil toughens the proteins and can make the outside dry or stringy.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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